<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">What about humidity?<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I know most kit is more tolerant than these days but it must rain there sometime :-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If that is ok then maybe a side wall of downward angled but wide-mouthed louvres.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>How well sealed is your desk? Drips could be costly. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also there is climate change . . . .</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Vic</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 22 Aug 2006, at 23:52, Eric McCaughrin wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In Northern Calif., we are blessed with natural,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">year-round air conditioning. Ambient temps very rarely</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">go over 85F, or lower than 40F. With HVAC being a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">major (biggest?) cost, I am wondering if anyone</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">considered an outdoor location?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In my backyard, I have an unused 70A 240v line, and a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">large 30" high deck. Maybe this is a totally stupid</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">idea, but what would be the feasibility of mounting</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">nodes underneath the 2x6 planks of the deck? There</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">must be some way to keep the nodes dry without</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">compromising air circulation? 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